Queensland Brigalow Belt Reptile Recovery Plan
... The Queensland Brigalow Belt (QBB) supports a high reptile diversity and endemism. Unfortunately this region has been subject to extensive habitat loss and alteration. Many of the region’s species are facing threats from the impacts of inappropriate fire regimes, improper roadside management, heavy ...
... The Queensland Brigalow Belt (QBB) supports a high reptile diversity and endemism. Unfortunately this region has been subject to extensive habitat loss and alteration. Many of the region’s species are facing threats from the impacts of inappropriate fire regimes, improper roadside management, heavy ...
The Harm They Inflict When Values Conflict: Why Diversity Does not
... example of when promoting diversity requires intervening in nature. Invasive species occupy a territory that did not previously belong to them, and they become the new possessors of it. If the invasive species is a plant, this plant will be the new occupant of the natural territory, displacing the o ...
... example of when promoting diversity requires intervening in nature. Invasive species occupy a territory that did not previously belong to them, and they become the new possessors of it. If the invasive species is a plant, this plant will be the new occupant of the natural territory, displacing the o ...
How body size mediates the role of animals in nutrient cycling in
... mass-specific excretion rates (Wen & Peters, 1994; Brown, Allen & Gillooly, this volume). Thus, total biomass being equal, an assemblage with small animals may have higher animal-mediated nutrient fluxes than one with large animals. Second, as body size increases, allometric variation in structural ...
... mass-specific excretion rates (Wen & Peters, 1994; Brown, Allen & Gillooly, this volume). Thus, total biomass being equal, an assemblage with small animals may have higher animal-mediated nutrient fluxes than one with large animals. Second, as body size increases, allometric variation in structural ...
Plastic responses in juvenile wood frog (Rana sylvatica)
... traits (Relyea 2001, Miner 2005). The accelerated metamorphosis may have created a time lag in the appearance of plastic traits as found in Relyea and Hoverman’s (2003) study. The authors found that plastic effects were not displayed until a month after metamorphosis. A study conducted by Weider and ...
... traits (Relyea 2001, Miner 2005). The accelerated metamorphosis may have created a time lag in the appearance of plastic traits as found in Relyea and Hoverman’s (2003) study. The authors found that plastic effects were not displayed until a month after metamorphosis. A study conducted by Weider and ...
Abstract book of the 12th European Ecological Federation
... take place in Avila (Spain) from 25th to 29th September 2011. The Spanish Association for Terrestrial Ecology (AEET) and the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) have made a great effort to bring together talented scientists, novel ideas and promising students to tackle ecological issues under the ...
... take place in Avila (Spain) from 25th to 29th September 2011. The Spanish Association for Terrestrial Ecology (AEET) and the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) have made a great effort to bring together talented scientists, novel ideas and promising students to tackle ecological issues under the ...
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
... The soil used in this experiment contained 308 mg of KCl-extractable nitrogen per container (nitrogen extracted as described in Houba et al. (1995). The soil was mixed with 3.85 mg of K15NO3 (98 at.% enriched), and the nutrient solution received 2.32 mg of K15NO3 to increase the relative abundance o ...
... The soil used in this experiment contained 308 mg of KCl-extractable nitrogen per container (nitrogen extracted as described in Houba et al. (1995). The soil was mixed with 3.85 mg of K15NO3 (98 at.% enriched), and the nutrient solution received 2.32 mg of K15NO3 to increase the relative abundance o ...
toward an ecological classification of soil bacteria
... Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 USA ...
... Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 USA ...
Monitoring the effectiveness of habitat management for mule deer
... Mule deer winter range characteristics vary throughout the Province, but in general animals move varying distances to areas where the local snow pack is most shallow – usually warm aspect slopes at low elevations. The extent of these areas varies broadly with biogeoclimatic characteristics (Ungulate ...
... Mule deer winter range characteristics vary throughout the Province, but in general animals move varying distances to areas where the local snow pack is most shallow – usually warm aspect slopes at low elevations. The extent of these areas varies broadly with biogeoclimatic characteristics (Ungulate ...
Northern Plains Grassland - accessible version
... species are mostly perennials with few annuals. Some existing grassland remnants, particularly on the Gippsland Plains and the eastern part of the Northern Plains, may have lost their original woodland overstorey as a result of changed management ...
... species are mostly perennials with few annuals. Some existing grassland remnants, particularly on the Gippsland Plains and the eastern part of the Northern Plains, may have lost their original woodland overstorey as a result of changed management ...
consumer species richness and autotrophic biomass
... should not affect the relationship between standing autotrophic biomass and consumer species richness. Consumers were added as small initial populations (10–25 cells) of each consumer species after algal densities had stabilized (.14 d). The small size of this inoculum (a negligible biomass for a 50 ...
... should not affect the relationship between standing autotrophic biomass and consumer species richness. Consumers were added as small initial populations (10–25 cells) of each consumer species after algal densities had stabilized (.14 d). The small size of this inoculum (a negligible biomass for a 50 ...
Decomposer animals and bioremediation of soils
... onto the soils (Dunger, 1969). Usually, the sites with remediated soils are small and have long edges in relation to their area, and therefore natural immigration may play an important role in colonization by soil animals (Tamis and Udo de Haes, 1995). On the other hand, Rundgren (1994) found out, w ...
... onto the soils (Dunger, 1969). Usually, the sites with remediated soils are small and have long edges in relation to their area, and therefore natural immigration may play an important role in colonization by soil animals (Tamis and Udo de Haes, 1995). On the other hand, Rundgren (1994) found out, w ...
Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration
... The experimental design could, and preferably would include, independent and randomly allocated monitoring sites within the reintroduction area, and these could be compared with multiple control sites outside the reintroduction area. Each monitoring site should be large enough to support at least on ...
... The experimental design could, and preferably would include, independent and randomly allocated monitoring sites within the reintroduction area, and these could be compared with multiple control sites outside the reintroduction area. Each monitoring site should be large enough to support at least on ...
CHANGES IN ARTHROPOD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY WITH
... communities, with concomitant effects on arthropods. To reveal general patterns and better understand changes, I examined 39 peer-reviewed scientific articles that investigated effects of invasive plants on arthropod communities and functional groups. Nearly half (19/39) of studies examined communit ...
... communities, with concomitant effects on arthropods. To reveal general patterns and better understand changes, I examined 39 peer-reviewed scientific articles that investigated effects of invasive plants on arthropod communities and functional groups. Nearly half (19/39) of studies examined communit ...
Is science in danger of sanctifying the wolf?
... to the point where years ago they reached official biological recovery levels (USFWS, 2011a,b). Along with their recovery came numerous studies of wolf ecology and reported effects of wolves on ecosystems, not only in Yellowstone but in other parks as well, where wolves had also been recovering. Wolv ...
... to the point where years ago they reached official biological recovery levels (USFWS, 2011a,b). Along with their recovery came numerous studies of wolf ecology and reported effects of wolves on ecosystems, not only in Yellowstone but in other parks as well, where wolves had also been recovering. Wolv ...
Is science in danger of sanctifying the wolf?
... to the point where years ago they reached official biological recovery levels (USFWS, 2011a,b). Along with their recovery came numerous studies of wolf ecology and reported effects of wolves on ecosystems, not only in Yellowstone but in other parks as well, where wolves had also been recovering. Wolv ...
... to the point where years ago they reached official biological recovery levels (USFWS, 2011a,b). Along with their recovery came numerous studies of wolf ecology and reported effects of wolves on ecosystems, not only in Yellowstone but in other parks as well, where wolves had also been recovering. Wolv ...
invasion of smooth brome into north american tall
... native prairie remnants is detrimental to many native species present in tallgrass prairie fragments and that intensive management practices are needed to prevent future spread across the prairie landscape. ...
... native prairie remnants is detrimental to many native species present in tallgrass prairie fragments and that intensive management practices are needed to prevent future spread across the prairie landscape. ...
Daphnia as keystone predators - Orlando Sarnelle
... then to 100% species ‘B’. Thus, it is reasonable to assess keystone predation effects using richness or evenness as the metric of species diversity (Hurlbert, 1971). Although both diversity components were calculated in this study, I rely on evenness metrics for practical reasons. Firstly, changes i ...
... then to 100% species ‘B’. Thus, it is reasonable to assess keystone predation effects using richness or evenness as the metric of species diversity (Hurlbert, 1971). Although both diversity components were calculated in this study, I rely on evenness metrics for practical reasons. Firstly, changes i ...
TOWARD AN ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL BACTERIA N F ,
... Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 USA ...
... Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 USA ...
file - ORCA
... and Woods (2007)). In this paper, however, we want to make it explicit from the outset that, while there are many instances where ‘wildness’ can be identified as a component of ‘wilderness’ objectives (Cole, 2000), we do not equate the former with the latter. Instead, we follow Robert Chapman’s rej ...
... and Woods (2007)). In this paper, however, we want to make it explicit from the outset that, while there are many instances where ‘wildness’ can be identified as a component of ‘wilderness’ objectives (Cole, 2000), we do not equate the former with the latter. Instead, we follow Robert Chapman’s rej ...
current projects: knp scientific services
... ecosystem process: An investigation into browser plant-soil interactions in a southern African savanna ...
... ecosystem process: An investigation into browser plant-soil interactions in a southern African savanna ...
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... There are many ways plants make a living, or many ecological ‘strategies’, and the study of plant traits—and their variation among species—is a key way of gaining insight into these [1– 3]. Some strategies tend to be related to wood density (g cm-3; [4]), but plausibly there are also strategies rela ...
... There are many ways plants make a living, or many ecological ‘strategies’, and the study of plant traits—and their variation among species—is a key way of gaining insight into these [1– 3]. Some strategies tend to be related to wood density (g cm-3; [4]), but plausibly there are also strategies rela ...
生態學 - 國立臺南大學
... abundance of organisms and the interactions that determine distribution and abundance. (Townsend, Begon and Happer, 2008) • The primitive humans must have been ecologists of sorts – driven by the need to understand where and when their food and their enemies were to be found. (applied ecologists). ...
... abundance of organisms and the interactions that determine distribution and abundance. (Townsend, Begon and Happer, 2008) • The primitive humans must have been ecologists of sorts – driven by the need to understand where and when their food and their enemies were to be found. (applied ecologists). ...
b 2 - Videolectures
... Can scale-free patterns form as a self-organization process, or are they merely a result of exogenous factors such as microtopography, rocky soil, etc. ? Can we resolve this dichotomy of vegetation patterns: Regular vs. scale-free patterns ? (Manor & Shnerb JTB 2008) ...
... Can scale-free patterns form as a self-organization process, or are they merely a result of exogenous factors such as microtopography, rocky soil, etc. ? Can we resolve this dichotomy of vegetation patterns: Regular vs. scale-free patterns ? (Manor & Shnerb JTB 2008) ...
SOLWAY EUROPEAN MARINE SITE Natural England and Scottish
... The Conservation Objectives (CO) for the SAC that appear in this document in Section 6.1 reflects the CO that apply within England. Reference to the CO that apply in Scotland can be found on SNH’s website www.snh.org.uk at http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/pls/portal/Sitelink.Show_Site_Document?p_pa_code=83 ...
... The Conservation Objectives (CO) for the SAC that appear in this document in Section 6.1 reflects the CO that apply within England. Reference to the CO that apply in Scotland can be found on SNH’s website www.snh.org.uk at http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/pls/portal/Sitelink.Show_Site_Document?p_pa_code=83 ...
Macrophytes shape trophic niche variation among generalist fishes
... LM2015075 (SoWa Research Infrastructure) of the programme "Projects of Large Infrastructure for Research, Development, and Innovations" of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and No.158/2016/P from University of South Bohemia. ...
... LM2015075 (SoWa Research Infrastructure) of the programme "Projects of Large Infrastructure for Research, Development, and Innovations" of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and No.158/2016/P from University of South Bohemia. ...
Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, originally called the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project is a large-scale ecological experiment looking at the effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical rainforest; it is one of the most expensive biology experiments ever run. The experiment, which was established in 1979 is located near Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon. The project is jointly managed by the Smithsonian Institution and INPA, the Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon.The project was initiated in 1979 by Thomas Lovejoy to investigate the SLOSS debate. Initially named the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project, the project created forest fragments of sizes 1 hectare (2 acres), 10 hectares (25 acres), and 100 hectares (247 acres). Data were collected prior to the creation of the fragments and studies of the effects of fragmentation now exceed 25 years.As of October 2010 562 publications and 143 graduate dissertations and theses had emerged from the project.